Re: Infinity is not that big!

From: Jesse F. Hughes (jesse_at_phiwumbda.org)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:44:59 +0200

"Normus Chirac" <nospam@nospam.com> writes:

> "HERC777" <herc777@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d8422d00.0410281515.4c290ad2@posting.google.com...
>> oo is not a number
>> oo has no magnitude
>
> oo is a number greater than all the other positive numbers
>
> oo's magnitude is greater than all other numbers
>
>
>
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>> 0 is not a natural number
>> 0 has no magnitude
>
> 0 is a natural number, it was born way.
> 0 is a magnitude, and has a magnitude of 0
>
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>> if infinity was a number then oo = 0
>
> But you state that infinity is not a number, so how can it = 0.

Because 0 is not a number. Duh[1].

On the other hand, *if* infinity is a number, then how can it equal
the non-number 0?

Footnotes:
[1] If you take this comment seriously, then you *deserve* to be
talking to Herc. 

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